Gleaning - A Collective Dinner
Shanghai, CN, 2024
During my residency at E.SCAPE space in Shanghai, I presented a collective dinner as part of Around Publishing. The dinner, built around the humble gesture of gleaning, was connected to my childhood farming memories. It also reflected the act of gleaning in the city life like now, using materials I borrowed (or 'gleaned') through connections that I explore in Shanghai. It also drew from my experiences in the Netherlands, where people glean furniture from the streets. This approach to living serves as my critique of Shanghai's consumerism. The dinner began with the film Gleaning by Agnès Varda and ended with an envelope containing a menu and a handful of wildflower seeds, offering an instruction for later. Note: It is a place where neither publishing nor wildflowers are allowed to flourish.
11 guests,
10th August 2024,18:00-21:00
8 courses preparation and cooking by Kaixin Chen & Jan-Pieter Karper,
8 short videos for 8 courses by Kaixin Chen,
Special table setting in collaboration with WHM,
Special visit and seasonal verger supported by Zuczug Farm,
Volunteers Cheng & Pu Yiwen,
Documented by Nana, Wang Haoming, and Cheng.
